Scottsdale residents will face upcoming utility rate increases following a city council vote to raise sewer rates by 3.5% on July 1 and water rates by 4.5% on Nov. 1.
Scottsdale residents face upcoming utility rate increases following a city council vote to raise sewer rates by 3.5% on July 1 and water rates by 4.5% on Nov. 1.
Mayor Lisa Borowsky will host a town hall meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Granite Reef Senior Center to discuss the long-term water challenges facing the city. Arizona State University water law professor Rhett Larson will join the meeting to explain that while Scottsdale is not running out of water, cuts to the Colorado River supply will make future water solutions expensive.
The city council voted last week to increase the rates for residents, and this meeting will help explain why. Experts say the good news is that Scottsdale is not going to run out of water - but no viable solution will be cheap.
Larson, a professor of water law at the ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, says the city receives about 70% of its overall water supply from the Colorado River, which is an increasingly uncertain source given the negotiations between the states that share it. There's almost no future that doesn't involve cuts to the Colorado River, cuts that will be significant to cities that have relied on the Colorado River, Larson said.
Everyone needs to plan for those reductions, and those reductions are going to be expensive. We are not running out of water, but we are running out of cheap water. To afford those solutions, Scottsdale City Council members voted to increase residents' water and sewer rates by year's end. Larson will join Mayor Lisa Borowsky at 5:30 p.m. for tonight's town hall at the Granite Reef Senior Center to explain the Colorado River situation and potential impacts to the city.
Neighbors will ask questions and provide feedback about the city's long-term water future. Larson says the best way to save money on water bills is to reduce the amount used outdoors, because that is where the majority goes
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